George Hugh Niederauer
The Most Reverend George Hugh Niederauer | |
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Los Angeles, California | |
| Died | May 2, 2017 (aged 80) San Rafael, California |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous post(s) | (1995–2005) |
| Motto | To Serve and To Give |
| Styles of George Hugh Niederauer | ||
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Reference style | ||
| Spoken style | Your Excellency | |
| Religious style | Archbishop | |
George Hugh Niederauer (June 14, 1936 – May 2, 2017) was an American
Biography
George Niederauer was born in
Niederauer was
On December 15, 2005,
On August 29, 2011, Niederauer underwent emergency double by-pass heart surgery.[4]
On July 27, 2012, the apostolic nuncio to the United States announced that the Holy See had accepted Niederauer's letter of resignation, and Salvatore J. Cordileone was appointed the Archbishop-elect of San Francisco.[5] On that day, the see of San Francisco became vacant, and Niederauer attained the title Archbishop Emeritus.
Views
Support of Proposition 8
In 2008, Archbishop Niederauer campaigned in favor of California's
Films
The archbishop said that he had seen Brokeback Mountain, making him the first senior American cleric to state that he has viewed the film. When asked for his reaction he said that "I thought it was very powerful, and I probably had a different take on it than a lot of people did.... It was a story not only about the relationship between the two principal characters, but very much a cluster of relationships... And I think in all of that one of the lessons is the destructiveness of not being honest with yourself, and not being honest with other people – and not being faithful, trying to live a double life, and what that does to each of the lives you try to live."[7]
Abstinence
"Our belief is that we have to hold up the standard of abstinence, and we do that in all of our teaching about sexuality by saying that sexual activity outside of marriage is wrong. Now that's a very high bar to set and I understand that. And I don't regret that – I subscribe to it and I teach it. I understand why people find it difficult and disagree with it. I understand why they do. I don't agree with them.... What I would say is that people who disagree with us can disagree without being disagreeable."[7]
Moral teaching
"Authentic moral teaching is based on objective truth, not polling."[8]
See also
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
Sources
- "George Hugh Niederauer". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
- Salt Lake Diocese press release of Niederauer's appointment as archbishop
References
- ^ "Home". Archived from the original on February 20, 2015.
- ^ Topping, Gary (September 27, 2013). "The Bishops of Salt Lake City: The Scholar – Bishop George H. Niederauer". Intermountain Catholic. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ^ Tom Burke (December 21, 2007). "'Hooting and hollering' greet Catholic radio station's 'cut-over' (page 6)" (PDF). Catholic San Francisco. Archdiocese of San Francisco. Retrieved February 9, 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Archbishop Niederauer recovering from heart surgery". SF Catholic. August 29, 2011. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
- ^ "Pope names Oakland Bishop Cordileone as Archbishop of San Francisco". USCCB. July 27, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ^ Kuruvila, Matthai (November 10, 2008) "To Pass Measure, Catholics and Mormons Allied." San Francisco Chronicle. (Retrieved 11-10-08.)
- ^ a b "An interview with San Francisco's new archbishop". February 8, 2006.
- George Niederauer (September 5, 2008). "Archbishop Addresses Recent Comments Made by House Speaker Pelosi". Catholic San Francisco. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco. Archived from the originalon September 13, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2008.
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